Improvement in wall-guards



UNITED MORRIS D. HOUSE, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WALL-GUARDS- Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 184,729, dated November 28, 1876; application flied .March 31, 1876.i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS D. ROUSE, of Des Moines, in the county ofPolk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful article, which Iname a Wall-Guard. A description of this new and useful invented articleis set forth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention is an improvement of the wall-guard patented February 6,1872, No. 123,377, to James. L. Brander. It consists of an oblongangular form, adapted to allow the longitudinal movement of furniture,as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 of my drawing is a perspective View, illustrating the form andconstruction of my invention.

a is an oblong and angular box, open its entire length on the frontside, and without a bottom or cover. I) is a flange extendinghorizontally from the. base of the ends and the closed rear side of theopen box a, and has perforations to allow. screws to pass through, forthe purpose of securing the guard to the floor.

The box a should be about. six inches in length, and about two inches inwidth and height, and the flange b should be sufficiently large, wide,and strong to admit of the passage of screws to secure the completeguard rigidly to a floor. The box and flange are formed complete in onepiece, preferably cast of metal, but can be struck up with dies orcarved from wood.

The flange b may be scalloped, and the surface of the complete guardornamented and finished in any style desired.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, illustrating the application and operationof my invention.

Two of my guards, at b, are fixed to the floor near the base-board andWall, at points correspending with the positions occupied by the rearfeet of the movable lounge. These rear feet and casters of the lounge 0c are free to enter the frontand open side'of the box a, and free tomove and play inline with the lounge and wall, and also to move out ofthe "guards and away from the wall; but the entire lounge, feet andbody, is restricted from moving toward the wall, and therefore cannotcome in contact therewith, to mar the paper or other finished surface ofthe wall in any manner whatever.

I am aware that a crescent-shaped wallguard has been used; but my oblongand an-- gular form, adapted to allow longitudinal play and'movement toa lounge and other articles of movable furniture, is novel andadvantageous.

I claim- I 'As an improved article of manufacture, the oblong, angular,and open box a, having the hdrizon'tal flange 22, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

MORRIS D. ROUSE.

TENT

